New hope for lung cancer: experimental drug RC148 takes on standard therapy
NCT ID NCT07416474
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 15, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study compares two treatments for people with advanced squamous non-small cell lung cancer who have not had prior therapy. Participants will receive either the experimental drug RC148 or the approved drug tislelizumab, both combined with chemotherapy. The goal is to see which combination works better at controlling the cancer and improving survival. About 574 adults aged 18-75 with good performance status are being recruited.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 574 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Voluntarily participate in the study and signed the Informed Consent Form (ICF). 2. Be willing to and able to participate in the trial and comply with the follow up procedures; 3. Male or female, aged 18-75 years. 4. Expected survival ≥ 3 months. 5. ECOG PS score 0 or 1. 6. Histopathologically or cytologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC not eligible for curative treatment. 7. No prior systemic anti-tumor treatment for advanced or metastatic squamous NSCLC. 8. Sufficient cardiac, bone marrow, hepatic, renal, and coagulation function. 9. Female participants must be postmenopausal, surgically sterilized, or of childbearing potential with a negative blood pregnancy test within 7 days before the first dose. Female participants must agree to use at least one medically approved contraceptive method during the study treatment and for 6 months after the end of the study treatment, and must not donate oocytes or breastfeed during this period. Male participants must agree to use at least one medically approved contraceptive method during the study treatment and for 6 months after the end of the study treatment, and must not donate sperm during this period. 10. At least one measurable lesion outside of the brain according to the RECIST v1.1 criteria. 11. A PD-L1 expression test report that meets the requirements must be provided before enrollment. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Histopathologically or cytologically confirmed non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer. 2. Squamous NSCLC with known EGFR sensitive mutations and ALK fusions; squamous NSCLC with known driver gene for which first-line approved treatment options exist. 3. Presence of active brain metastases. 4. Imaging at screening shows obvious tumor necrosis and cavitation, and the investigator judges that participation in the study will cause bleeding risk. 5. Chest radiotherapy \> 30Gy within 6 months before randomization; palliative local treatment for non-target lesions within 2 weeks before randomization; non-specific immunomodulatory treatment within 2 weeks before randomization; Chinese herbal medicine or proprietary Chinese medicine treatment with anti-tumor indications within 1 week before randomization. 6. History of immunotherapy. Note: For adjuvant/neoadjuvant phases or curative radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy, PD-L1/PD-1 antibody therapy should be administered only if recurrence or metastasis occurs more than 12 months after the completion of the last medication. 7. Prior systemic anti-tumor treatment other than chemotherapy and PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies. 8. Systemic treatment with corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive drugs within 2 weeks before randomization. 9. Use of any live or attenuated live vaccines within 4 weeks before randomization, or planned during the study. 10. Participation in other clinical trials within 4 weeks before randomization. 11. Major surgery, interventional therapy, or severe trauma within 4 weeks before randomization, or planned major surgery during the study; core needle biopsy or other minor surgery within 7 days before randomization. 12. Participants with history of severe coagulation dysfunction or current intake of anticoagulant drugs. 13. Toxic reactions from prior anti-tumor treatment have not recovered to grade 0-1 as defined by CTCAE version 6.0. 14. Severe acute or chronic infections. 15. Active gastrointestinal bleeding, hemoptysis, peptic ulcer, or hemorrhagic events requiring intervention within 4 weeks before randomization; or presence of severe esophagogastric varices or epistaxis. 16. Severe arterial/venous thrombotic events or cerebrovascular accidents within 6 months before randomization. 17. Active or clinically significant heart disease. 18. Past or current interstitial lung disease, drug-related pneumonia, radiation pneumonitis, severe impairment of lung function, or clinical manifestations or high-risk factors suspected of interstitial lung disease. 19. History of gastrointestinal perforation and/or fistula, history of gastrointestinal obstruction within 6 months before randomization. 20. Presence of systemically diseases that are not stably controlled as judged by the investigator. 21. Active or history of autoimmune diseases with potential for recurrence. 22. Past history of other acquired or congenital immunodeficiency diseases or organ transplantation. 23. Known hypersensitivity or delayed-type hypersensitivity to certain components of the study drug or similar drugs. 24. Presence of symptomatic or intervention-requiring third-space effusions. 25. Other malignant tumors within 5 years before the start of study drug administration, except for malignant tumors that are expected to be cured after treatment. 26. Poor compliance and expected inability to cooperate with the completion of trial procedures. 27. Past or current history of any other diseases, abnormal physical examination findings, or abnormal laboratory examination findings that, in the investigator's judgment, reasonably suggest that the participant has a disease or condition unsuitable for the use of the study drug. 28. Local or systemic diseases not caused by malignant tumors, or diseases or symptoms secondary to tumors. 29. For participants who have used PD-1/L1 inhibitors, prior occurrence of grade 3 or above irAE related to immunotherapy, irAE leading to permanent discontinuation of treatment, grade 2 immune-related cardiotoxicity, or irAE of any grade involving the nervous system or eyes; prior occurrence of adverse events requiring treatment with immunosuppressive drugs other than corticosteroids, or recurrence of adverse events during previous immunotherapy requiring systemic use of corticosteroids again.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
78 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xinjiang University
RECRUITINGÜrümqi, Xinjiang, China
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Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University
RECRUITINGBinzhou, Shandong, China
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Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University
RECRUITINGBaoding, China
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Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University
RECRUITINGQingdao, Shandong, China
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Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University
RECRUITINGXuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Anyang Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGAnyang, Henan, China
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Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing University
RECRUITINGChongqing, Chongqing Municipality, China
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Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Guangxi Medical University
RECRUITINGNanning, Guangxi, China
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Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou Medical University
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Harbin Medical University
RECRUITINGHarbin, Heilongjiang, China
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Cangzhou Central Hospital
RECRUITINGCangzhou, China
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Chongqing Medical University First Affiliated Hospital
RECRUITINGChongqing, Chongqing Municipality, China
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Dongguan People's Hospital
RECRUITINGDongguan, Guangdong, China
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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
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Fujian Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGFuzhou, Fujian, China
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General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University
RECRUITINGYinchuan, Ningxia, China
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Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital
RECRUITINGGuiyang, Guizhou, China
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Henan Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGZhengzhou, Henan, China
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Henan Provincial People's Hospital
RECRUITINGZhengzhou, Henan, China
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Hubei Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGWuhan, China
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Hunan Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGChangsha, Hunan, China
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Jiangmen Central Hospital
RECRUITINGJiangmen, Guangdong, China
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Jiangsu Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGNanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital
RECRUITINGNanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Jiangxi Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGNanchang, Jiangxi, China
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Jilin Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGChangchun, Jilin, China
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Jinan Central Hospital
RECRUITINGJinan, Shandong, China
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Liaoning Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGShenyang, Liaoning, China
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Linyi Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGLinyi, Shandong, China
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Nanyang Second People's Hospital
RECRUITINGNanyang, Henan, China
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Peking Union Medical College Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, China
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Peking University Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, China
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Shanghai Chest Hospital
RECRUITINGShanghai, China
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Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
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Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital
RECRUITINGShanghai, China
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Shanxi Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGTaiyuan, Shanxi, China
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Shenzhen People's Hospital
RECRUITINGShenzhen, Guangdong, China
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Sichuan Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, China
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Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Sun Yat-sen University First Affiliated Hospital
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province
RECRUITINGTaizhou, Zhejiang, China
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The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
RECRUITINGZhuhai, Guangdong, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University
RECRUITINGHefei, Anhui, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University
RECRUITINGShenyang, Liaoning, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University
RECRUITINGNanning, Guangxi, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangzhou, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology
RECRUITINGLuoyang, Henan, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Lanzhou University
RECRUITINGLanzhou, Gansu, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
RECRUITINGNanchang, Jiangxi, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
RECRUITINGSuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College
RECRUITINGWuhu, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
RECRUITINGWenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University
RECRUITINGXiamen, Fujian, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University
RECRUITINGXinxiang, Henan, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou
RECRUITINGZhengzhou, Henan, China
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The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University
RECRUITINGTaiyuan, China
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The First People's Hospital of Chenzhou City
RECRUITINGBinzhou, China
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The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University
RECRUITINGShijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army
RECRUITINGXi'an, Shaanxi, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army
RECRUITINGChongqing, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
RECRUITINGChongqing, Chongqing Municipality, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University
RECRUITINGGuilin, Guangxi, China
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Tianjin Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGTianjin, Tianjin Municipality, China
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Tianjin Chest Hospital
RECRUITINGTianjin, Tianjin Municipality, China
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Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
RECRUITINGTianjin, China
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Union Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University
RECRUITINGFuzhou, Fujian, China
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Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technolo
RECRUITINGWuhan, China
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West China Hospital of Sichuan University
RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, China
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Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
RECRUITINGChangsha, China
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Xiangyang Central Hospital
RECRUITINGXiangyang, Hubei, China
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Xuzhou Central Hospital
RECRUITINGXuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Yunnan Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGKunming, Yunnan, China
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Zhejiang Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Zhongda Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University
RECRUITINGNanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University
RECRUITINGWuhan, Hubei, China
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Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Zhuzhou Central Hospital
RECRUITINGZhuzhou, China
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